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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1901
Page
5
A fragmented directory lists county officers, school board, teachers, commissioners, and church services in North Platte. It names holders such as Treasurer Lehmkuhl Sheriff Kang and various district figures, plus Methodist and Catholic services with mass times and parishes.
Church services listed for the month with Holy Communion on the first Sunday in the month and morning prayers plus sermons on Sundays at a fixed time. Rev. E. R. Ears serves as rector and invites all to attend the services.
A dense notice lists numerous fraternal and benevolent lodges and their meeting nights at local halls. It names orders including Royal Neighbors, Prafik Wotch Lodge, Skippy Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Masons, and Order of the Eastern Star, with monthly and weekly meeting times, officers, and secretaries. The item invites secretaries to notify changes.
Advertising is to business what power is to machinery, the real motive force that drives growth and progress. The quote emphasizes the essential role of effective advertising in economic success.
A Manila tale contrasts a provincial visitor’s shift from disappointment to reverent awe before a Filipino governor general in full regalia. The piece notes how appearance shapes perception and recalls how some see the powerful as strikingly different. It then shifts to a London Tit-Bits column on British convict prisons forbidding mirrors, stressing how women deprived of reflection endure hardship during confinement.
Judge Taft, civil governor of the Philippine Islands, was challenged by a Manila sentry after being stopped at night. The patrol demanded a pass but Taft argued his civil authority, only to be told civilians still need a pass. He resolved to apply for one.
An advertisement in an Irish newspaper states that Michael Ryan has a large stock of cars wagonettes bakes hearses and other pleasure vehicles for sale or hire. The same paper previously described a funeral with Mrs B of G sending a magnificent wreath of artificial flowers shaped as a cross.
A witty exchange in London Fun where a woman notes money talks and a man adds not all talking is money. He laments that if money truly spoke he would be married to a fabulous fortune.
Equinoctial stories are no longer believed by scientists. Equinoxes mark the sun crossing the equator near March 21 and September 21, and though stories once linked to this event, they are no longer considered caused by a naturally occurring crosslog.
A Philadelphia Press piece recounts Benjamin Franklin as a hearty eater who once stored cakes in a tin box at the hospital dispensary, inspiring Irving Bachellor's Eben Holden. The hospital story endures in a battered box of cakes and ginger soaps used by staff, linking history and fiction.
A family advertised for a cook in a lavish mansion filled with European bric a brac. Evangeline, a sly applicant, demands 25 dollars for cooking while the family balks at 17.35. The Washington Star notes the humorous job negotiation.
Agroup of Archbishop Whately’s friends sought Irish wit after dinner. Strolling, he asked which one the devil would take if forced to choose. The crossing sweeper Terence quips that the devil would take him, since he’s sure of the bishop’s temper at any time.
A landlord pressures a tenant about three months overdue rent and hints at eviction. The tenant firmly refuses to leave unless rent is solved, preferring to stay at the current rate rather than face a forced move.
A short reflective piece notes how quick favors shape trust, with a voice urging reciprocation before gratitude fades. It contrasts a man’s sense of duty with social expectations, then blends a motherly bond idea with a comment on youth and life’s early romantic ideals.
An advertisement claims kidney trouble harms both women and men, causing mind decline, reduced vigor, and bed-wetting in children. It promotes Swamp-Root as a remedy, offered in 50 cent and one dollar sizes, with a free heart sample bottle and pamphlet from Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
A Chicago father named Arthur moves his four year old daughter to a new home near a street car barn with mules. The child mishears a mule bray as a call from her father, insisting she hears Arthur calling. Her mother concedes she hears a call but notes the man is not a friend, remarking the father has more sense than most of his friends.
An open air event in northern England features a man shouting Hurrah for Jackson while a bystander mocks with furrah for a jackass. A canvasser in Devonshire shares a tale of voting confusion showing how electors may misread ballots and vote for unavailable candidates.
A Tennessee Baptist preacher aged eighty eight recalls his 18 sons with 16 serving the Union, 2 the Confederacy. Asked about his loyalties, he says his sympathies lay with the Union by a 14 vote margin.
A historical promotional piece extols The Tribune as independent and fearless in expression while remaining fair to opponents. It highlights superior local and foreign news gathering, clear daily summaries, comprehensive feature articles, and a premier Sunday sports section, urging readers during political campaigns.
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